[cayugabirds-l] radar migration now (before dawn)

It's now about 5 am, and the radar weather http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BGMregion=a5lat=42.15665817lon=-75.89051819label=Binghamton%2c%20NYshows heavy migration, a blossom of even green around the radar station indicating a layer of birds up to a certain altitude. As dawn

[cayugabirds-l] Lansing warblers 4/27

A 30-minute walk around the Northwood Apartments complex in Lansing with the dog this morning produced some nice new spring arrivals, including singles of: Northern Parula, Nashville Warbler, Blue-Winged Warbler and Northern Waterthrush, and a handful each of Yellow-rumped Warbler and Ruby-crowned

[cayugabirds-l] NORTHERN PARULA Sapsucker Wds east

NORTHERN PARULA Sapsucker Wds east trail betw gate frog barn, also reported by Mark Chao 820am --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] CHIMNEY SWIFT ouer Collegetown --Dave

CHIMNEY SWIFT ouer Collegetown --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2)

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 4/27

The abundance of early-arriving birds in Sapsucker Woods on Wednesday was satisfying, to be sure, but unusual to the point of being a bit disorienting. While numbers never tell the full story, in this case they offer a clear and striking outline of the birding morning: 90 minutes, 52 bird

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca birding 27Apr11 - Grasshopper Sparrow

Highlights from birding around Ithaca this morning. Stewart Park and Jetty Woods - Many WARBLING VIREOS, AMERICAN REDSTART, WOOD THRUSH, Spotted Sandpiper, Gray Catbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler Rt. 13A marsh south of Ithaca - SOLITARY SANDPIPER Sandbank Road -

[cayugabirds-l] New birds

Had a few new migrants. Saw a warbling vireo which nest here every year. Heard a bobolink, possibly a flyover which I've never heard here before. I also heard a great crested flycatcher doing it's wheep,wheep call. I also saw a female red breasted grosbeak at my feeder. There are also a pair

[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Kingbird and Raven

Photographed an EASTERN KINGBIRD today midday on a wire near the road at Goetchius Preserve on Flatiron Rd. Also a COMMON RAVEN yesterday at roadkill on Central Chapel Rd. Melissa Groo Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Test - Delete

Testing delivery time. -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrashers

I enjoyed watching and listening to a pair of lovely BROWN THRASHERS dashing around, then eating Staghorn Sumac seeds in a bushy, over-grown meadow above Lansing Station Rd., Lansing, near east shore of Cayuga Lake, about 4 PM. One bird had a fair amount of yellow on the margins of its breast.

[cayugabirds-l] Whip-poor-will, Cornell Research ponds

Becky Cramer found a WHIP-POOR-WILL while doing some House Wren work this afternoon at Unit 1 of the Cornell Research ponds off Warren Drive north of Cherry Road. It was roosting in a thicket in the woods north of the ponds and flushed from a good distance when disturbed. I don't know where the

[cayugabirds-l] White-crowned Sparrow

This morning I was treated to a new yard bird (downtown Ithaca)... one White-crowned Sparrow in with a bunch of White-throated Sparrows. Susan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods- 2 snakes

Hi everyone, I took a very short walk in Sapsucker Woods before going to work this afternoon and was lucky enough to spot a handsome Eastern Garter Snake and a fairly large Northern Water Snake resting just a few feet away from each other in the transitional area after the boardwalk heading

[cayugabirds-l] Sky Migrants

From about 11:45am to 12:45pm, I did some sky watching today in the area of the Cornell Business and Technology Park. Not nearly as many migrating raptors as yesterday.I think they are all Northwest of here. (Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - Rochester - has counted some 4,000+ Broad-winged Hawks, as of

[cayugabirds-l] Upcoming Monday Night Seminar: Neil Rettig (accompanied by his Harpy Eagle)

Hope to see you here! Monday, May 02, 2011 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (Check out the flyer online: http://goo.gl/zmgy5) Eagle Experiences: 30 years of observing and filming the world's largest raptors by Neil Rettig (Accompanying Neil will be his trained male Harpy Eagle!) Eagles have always had a